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00:00Hello and welcome to Kent and I live on Kame TV. I'm Megan Shaw and here are your top stories on
00:26Monday the 5th of January. Two teens killed after a tragic crash on an infamous country road near
00:33Sittingbourne. You've got to be careful around these back lanes you know you've got to drive
00:38to the conditions. Pizza, ice cream and soft drinks just some of the foods to be banned from
00:43our screens before Watershed in a bid to halt childhood obesity. Although I think the banning
00:48is a good thing it might be too little too late really. And more than 180 million views.
00:56We meet the Tunbridge dance fan who went viral for his Ali Pali antics.
01:01Then when you keep refreshing it it's going up like 50,000 views, 50,000 views,
01:0550,000 views, 60,000 views in the space of 10 seconds.
01:19Our top story tonight. Tributes have been left at the scene of a horror crash near Sittingbourne
01:25which claimed the lives of two teenagers. The accident which happened around 8.30pm on Saturday
01:30saw a car crash near a bend. The remains of other cars from previous accidents remain on the scene
01:36prompting a local counsellor to say something needs to be done about the bend. Chloe Brewster is at the
01:41scene of the incident now to tell us more. So Chloe what is it like at the scene?
01:47Yes as you say I'm stood at the side of Old Ferry Road now just up from where the crash took place and if
01:56you're not familiar with this road it is a common journey for travellers going between Sittingbourne
02:00and Medway. Just in the background there if you can see that's the Sheppey Crossing so clearly a bit of
02:05a popular route here. It's a 60 mile per hour road and there's absolutely no street lights. I can say
02:09just coming up here myself it is a pretty difficult drive and when this incident happened on Saturday
02:14night it was this dark and the same sort of cold temperatures. As I said I couldn't stand where the
02:22scene was but a reporter went down there earlier and there are plenty of floral tributes at the side
02:27of the road to commemorate the two people who unfortunately lost their lives here.
02:30And Chloe we actually spoke to... Oh sorry Chloe I cut you off there. Can you just tell us quickly what
02:42happened on the scene? So on Saturday evening a small group of teenagers had been driving along
02:49the country road here and on the bend the vehicle a blue Ford Fiesta actually left the road as it went
02:55around the corner. South East Coast Ambulance Service was called around half eight that night
03:01and they also contacted Kent Police and Kent Fire and Rescue who also there to assist. But despite the
03:08best efforts of the officers there the two occupants of the vehicle were later declared deceased. That
03:14includes a 17 year old boy and a 16 year old girl as well as another occupant another 16 year old girl
03:20who was taken to the local hospital for treatment and has since been discharged. They're all said to be
03:25from the local area so clearly shaking people up here. After the incident the road was closed for
03:31several hours between the junctions of Raspberry Hill Lane and Sheppie Way as investigations continued.
03:36Earlier local resident John Gale told our reporter all about the dangers of this road here.
03:40Do you think this is quite a dangerous road? Well it is when it's slippery like this which I see I mean
03:47you can the car just goes from underneath you sometimes you can feel it I mean you've got to
03:52be careful around these back lanes you know it's you've got to drive to the conditions you know really
03:57it's a tragic situation but you know we've all done it when we were younger but the ones that uh
04:05to tell the tell the ones that sort of were lucky really. And Chloe this isn't the only time that
04:12a crash has happened here am I right?
04:16Yeah so this is one of several crashes that have happened around here and a local resident actually
04:21just spoke to me now and said this has always been an extremely fast road and apparently he told me
04:26there used to be signs around but those aren't here anymore he says he believes there should be
04:31more support from the council um and the highways team to actually improve the um the safety of these
04:38roads um another person from the council actually told another reporter earlier that it's a very
04:44dangerous road and it is risking people's lives. Thank you Chloe.
04:50A disgruntled Rainham resident says repeated road closures have turned the narrow lane where he lives
04:56into a traffic nightmare. Francis Flynn says pump lane is often gridlocked adding that in some cases
05:01people have ended up swearing and mounting his drive and over his wall to get through the road.
05:06Lower Rainham road nearby was shut 15 times last year with pump lane used by drivers as a cut
05:12through during these periods. Mr Flynn says these repeated closures put unnecessary pressure on his road
05:18and is now seeking compensation for his damaged wall.
05:20And a mad man who bit his girlfriend and broke her ankle during a barbecue with friends has been
05:28ordered to pay her £6,500 in compensation. Maystone Crown Court heard how Oliver Elphick became aggressive
05:36and slapped a marshmallow from the woman's hand before grabbing her face and biting her. He blocked
05:41her path when she tried to call her mother took hold of her shoulders and threw her to the ground
05:45fracturing her leg. Elphick was handed a seven-month jail term suspended for 18 months and also given
05:52a five-year restraining order. He was told to pay the compensation as well as the prosecution costs.
05:59And a Canterbury-based fashion retailer that was placed into administration after taking thousands
06:04of orders without delivering goods or issuing refunds is unlikely to repay its customers.
06:10New papers have revealed that Hurt Limited, which traded online as Hurt.store,
06:14collapsed with debts of about £575,000, including £1,602,309 owed to almost 5,000 customers.
06:24It comes and made a Kent Online investigation into complaints that people were being left out of
06:29pocket from buying from their firm. The collapse came after the loss of a major supplier, Caha,
06:33which led to a drop in revenue. And an investigation is ongoing.
06:38And N2 Suite Lab is a haven for chocolate enthusiasts in Maidstone, but now will be unable to advertise
06:44online as they always have. It comes as part of new restrictions on junk food advertising on
06:48television and online, as Macy Walker has been finding out today.
06:52The government have announced today that they will be introducing new regulations towards junk
06:57food advertising, as well as a complete ban online. The move is part of the government's efforts to
07:03tackle childhood obesity. From today, adverts for less healthy food and drinks are banned on
07:07television before 9pm and online at all times. The new rules do, however, exempt businesses with
07:14fewer than 250 employees from the advertising restrictions and those with fewer than 50 staff
07:20from the promotions regulations. But some businesses are still concerned.
07:24N2 Suite Lab is a small business, so we don't really have a budget for TV advertising anyway.
07:31And the only advertising which we do sometimes, and it's not that often either,
07:37is through social media, which can affect us now with this new restriction,
07:42because that's the only advertising which we've got a budget for, basically.
07:49I spoke to some residents in Rochester to see if they agreed with the government's move.
07:54Now, they've got to change the attitude of the parents, from when they're very young,
07:59to say, you can maybe have it on a special occasion, but not as a ready meal when you want it.
08:06It's too easily available, and it shouldn't be.
08:11I do agree with it, as such, because, yeah, I think it's a good thing, but I think there's,
08:16you know, subliminally we're already getting the advertising on all programmes, on television shows
08:24and films, so that, although I think the ban is a good thing, it might be too little, too late, really.
08:32I'm quite for it. I think it's proven beyond doubt that junk food is not good for you, obviously,
08:39on a variety of reasons. It's harmful, so there should be limits to, you know…
08:45How much you eat in a day.
08:47There should be limits to how much you eat in a day.
08:51Minister for Health Ashley Dalton said,
08:53We promise to do everything we can to give every child the best and healthiest start in life.
08:59By restricting adverts for junk food before 9pm and banning paid adverts online,
09:04we can remove excessive exposure to unhealthy foods.
09:08The changes mark a shift in how food will be advertised throughout the county,
09:12and the effects on families, businesses and public health will be closely watched.
09:17Maisie Walker for KMTV, Rochester.
09:21And Maisie Walker joins me now. So, Maisie, this is being billed as a major step in tackling
09:26childhood obesity. So, how significant is it?
09:29Well, the government says it's a landmark move. From today, food and drink high in fat,
09:33salt and sugar, known as HFSS products, won't be allowed on TV before nine o'clock or advertised
09:40online at any time. That covers things like fizzy drinks, chocolates, pizzas and ice cream.
09:46Products seen as key drivers of childhood obesity.
09:50And is it right in saying that this does actually go further than previous legislation?
09:55It does. Until now, HFSS adverts were only banned where more than a quarter of the audience was
10:02under 16. This is a blanket ban, regardless of who's watching or scrolling. And the NHS figures
10:08show why the government is acting. Nearly one in ten reception-aged children now live with
10:14obesity. And obesity costs in the NHS are more than 11 billion a year.
10:20And is it just junk food or fast food, then, that is affected?
10:24No. Some breakfast cereals, sweetened breads, even certain ready meals and sandwiches fall under
10:29the ban. It does depend on a scoring system that weighs up fat, salt and sugar content. Plain oats and
10:36most porridges are fine, but versions with added sugar or chocolate may not be.
10:41And Maisie, you've been on the ground all day. You've been speaking to people and businesses. So
10:46tell us, how have businesses been responding?
10:48Well, the Food and Drink Federation says manufacturers have already been working towards
10:53healthier products and claims sugar and salt levels have fallen significantly over the past decade.
10:59But marketing experts warn that rules may hit smaller companies the hardest because big brands
11:05can still advertise their logos, just not specific unhealthy products. And businesses around Kent,
11:12the local reaction has generally been that the total online ban is concerning, but trade will not be
11:20impacted at this current time. In fact, Ned, who we saw earlier, can tell you a little bit more.
11:25Because you never know how your business is going to turn. So if you, if you've got big plans,
11:30that's, that's, that means you need to make massive changes on your business.
11:35I'm going to thank you. And adapt your products to your restriction, I think.
11:42Thank you, Maisie. We'll follow that story as it comes out. Now it's time for a quick break,
11:47but stay tuned. We've got plenty more to come.
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15:09Hello and welcome back to Kent Tonight live here on KMTV.
15:13The plans for a renewable energy plant on countryside land in Kent have now been submitted, with developers claiming it could power thousands of homes.
15:21The scheme will be built within the Kent Downs National Landscape, an area already facing pressure from new housing.
15:27And our reporter, Naila Mohamad, joins us in the studio now.
15:31So, Naila, what can you tell us about the plans?
15:34So, as you've mentioned, they've already been submitted, and the plans are for a new eco-friendly waste production waste management site.
15:42And it's in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
15:44It's the Great Coldham Farm, which is found in between Folkestone and Dover.
15:48It's a beautiful piece of land.
15:50You can see it on the screen right there.
15:54And bosses do say that the gas produced from this site will be going into the local network, going into the local area, potentially providing 7,000 homes, new energy and gas that they might not have had access to before.
16:08And I know, with big developments like these, there are concerns about what's going to happen to arable farming.
16:15It's going to be a bit of an eyesore.
16:17But the developers and the architects of the new plant have said that they're going to minimise loss of farmland, and that it won't harm the Kent Downs National Landscape.
16:28And please do explain for the people at home, and also myself, what exactly is an ADF?
16:34So it's an anaerobic digestion facility, and that means what happens there is things like cattle fodder and stray and manure, sorry, straw and manure, all get fed into this plant.
16:44And it gets turned into biogas, which is then upgraded and turned into gas for the local network, which, as I mentioned earlier, to send over to 7,000 homes in the area.
16:55Some of this material may come from the Great Coldham Farm himself, sorry.
17:02Other transport links may also send in material from, I think, a 12-mile radius around this area.
17:09So yeah, it's quite interesting, and it's a big project.
17:12And we don't have too much time left, Naylor, but please do tell us, have there been any reactions?
17:17And if so, could you tell us about these?
17:19Well, there's nothing officially been recorded on the official planning site.
17:23However, the neighbouring areas of land are earmarked for, I think, 106 homes.
17:30So neighbours, not neighbours, sorry, the villagers are concerned that, you know, they're going to bring in traffic,
17:36it's going to bring in extra people, and it's just not what they want, and they want peace and quiet.
17:41However, the bosses and architects have said, no, we're going to keep it sustainable, we're going to keep it quiet.
17:46And one resident has even said she's not that fussed about the anaerobic site, because it's a country, it's a country farm, it's land,
17:52it's going to smell like that anyway.
17:54So she thinks it's just, it's just going to add to what's already a country smell.
17:57Thank you, Naylor.
18:00Now, don't forget, you can keep up to date with all your latest stories across Kent by logging on to our website, kmtv.co.uk.
18:07There you'll find all our reports, including this one, about a snooker centre in Tunbridge Wells,
18:12which put out a campaign to save their building.
18:15To some, snooker might seem like a simple game, but actually it's far more skilful and complicated than people give it credit for.
18:22And just like the game itself, one Tunbridge Wells snooker centre are trying to prove that there's more than meets the eye when it comes to their venue.
18:29The Victoria Snooker Centre could be demolished as part of redevelopment plans to the nearby Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre,
18:36but locals to the snooker hall aren't happy.
18:38They've started a campaign that's now at more than 1,600 signatures to try and change the council's mind about the hall,
18:44which has a long legacy of hosting famous players and exhibition matches,
18:48but it's the local community that's said to be the best part of the Victoria Snooker Centre.
18:53It's the second slash third home for some people. The community hub that we've created are based around a lot of the leagues we've created as well,
19:01so we run a lot of our in-house leagues which has created a social circle of 100, 150 people playing with people they never thought they would play with.
19:11While many consider snooker a classic pub game, it's actually quite a specialist sport that needs a certain level of maintenance, space and cost to set up,
19:19which is why the centre's owners say they don't want locals to lose the Victoria.
19:24We do see a lot of snooker clubs disappearing and we don't want to be one of those.
19:28We do see that some of them are just turning into sort of sports and social clubs, putting probably more pool tables in, which is not a problem.
19:36But in general, you know, the general consensus of where we are is snooker and we want to keep this as much of a snooker club as we can.
19:45Now, if you looked around and thought this old hall is more suited to royalty than snooker, you'd actually only be half right.
19:51And that's because this hall has hosted some of the greats of the snooker world.
19:55Mark Selby, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy White to name a few.
19:59And it's that legacy that the members and owners are trying to protect here.
20:03I was just outraged, really. This club is a thriving family business. It's been here for 30 years. And under the new owners, it's done really well, especially after lockdown.
20:14Because, you know, I think I'm not the only person who thought that actually I don't want my whole life to just be work and looking at my phone.
20:20I wanted something more from life and kind of a community.
20:24A Tunbridge Wells Borough Council spokesperson said all feedback will be carefully reviewed before finalising the proposals.
20:30The council is in regular contact with the owner and their representatives and a planning application is expected to be submitted around Easter 2026.
20:38For Martin, Liam and the 400 odd members of the club, they hope a compromise can be found soon so they can stay in the hall, keep the tables open and the lights on.
20:48Finn McDermid for KMTV in Tunbridge Wells.
20:51And Saturday marked 214 years since Mark Isambard Brunel was commissioned to design a steam-powered sawmill at the Royal Navy Dockyard in Chatham.
21:05He designed a system that revolutionised the way timber was moved, handled and cut around the site, which has been home to the North Kent Joinery Limited since the 1980s.
21:16The historic dockyard's Nick Ball spoke to us earlier to talk about the history of the sawmill.
21:22So Mark Brunel came over from France during the French Revolution.
21:26He introduced the sawmills and effectively, so they were built between 1812 and 1814, and they were steam-powered sawmills.
21:34And they were quite ingenious, really, because the timber would come into the dockyard by ship, be unloaded into what they call mass ponds.
21:44So they're huge ponds and they'd float the timber in, and then they would be taken up from the mass ponds in a canal.
21:52So effectively, it was a canal that was constructed as part of the sawmills.
21:56The timber would be taken up through the canal and then lifted.
21:59The sawmills are a surviving example of this ingenuity that we saw, particularly in the 19th century, and the Industrial Revolution.
22:08Having these buildings and these places still intact really gives us an opportunity to kind of reflect on that history and get closer to it, really.
22:17And now let's take a look at all the sports headlines from across the county with Finn McDermid.
22:37First off, New Year's resolutions might spark new beginnings for many in Kent this week.
22:41But for Folkestone and Victor, it marks an end to their 12-game win streak.
22:45Jay Saunders' side went into the home derby off the back of an impressive run that sees them lead the Isthmian league premier table.
22:52But their home derby against Chatham Town saw them drop points in a 2-1 clash,
22:56with Samseen Richardson and midfielder Kian Moyes scoring for the Chats.
23:00Invicta hadn't dropped a league point since their only other loss of the campaign against Hashtag United,
23:05and Saunders is hopeful they'll be able to start chalking up more wins again.
23:09We can hear more from Jay Saunders now.
23:12I thought Chatham probably would have better side on the day.
23:16I don't think there was bundles of chances in it for either side,
23:19but they took their couple of chances when they arose.
23:24First goal, good on their part. I thought it could have been avoided on ours.
23:28Second goal is just a mass of errors really.
23:34Liam Smith and then they let the cross in the box.
23:36Yeah, it was poor considering it came from half-three kicks.
23:38So, disappointed with that side of things.
23:40But like I say, sometimes on the day I thought Chatham probably deserved it,
23:44won the midfield battle.
23:47And yeah, I thought on the day we were the better side.
23:49And sometimes you have to hold your hands up.
23:50Were we at it? Probably not. We weren't at it today.
23:53I can't say that too often about our lads,
23:56but I thought today we were slightly off it and Chatham were on it and deserved three points.
24:01Over to Canterbury now, where the rugby side finished the year with another victory,
24:06this time against Sevenoaks, tallying up a five-game winning run in the National League to East.
24:11Canterbury managed a 39-17 win at the Kent Derby, putting them in fifth place.
24:16Gary Jones and Charlie McGovern hit back after Sevenoaks earned a penalty goal and an early lead,
24:21making the scoreline a dominant 19-3 at half-time.
24:24Head coach Matt Corker said the side bringing their own energy and enthusiasm every single week
24:29has allowed them to be in a great place, he added.
24:32I hope for people to come and play rugby, but also for us to be successful.
24:37And to cricket now, where former captain for England, Sir Alistair Cook,
24:41has said that Kent's own Zach Crawley has been the most backed player ever.
24:45The Kent opener is playing his 64th test match for England in the final game of the Ashes series this week.
24:51Dismissed for 16 in England's first innings, Crawley's test average sits at just 31.44,
24:56with five hundreds to his name.
24:58Cook said it was a hard one to judge and was likely the best player ever to average just 30.
25:03He had some praise there for Crawley's batsmanship as well.
25:06And into our next story, the winners of the Kent Tennis 2026 awards have been announced.
25:12There were plenty of different categories up for grabs.
25:16Adult Performance Player of the Year going to Bromley's Alice Gillan,
25:19who won the International Tennis Federation W15 singles title in Spain.
25:23And plenty of other athletes won as well.
25:26That's all for your sports news. See you soon.
25:38And now it's time to take a look at the weather for the coming days.
25:46Tonight is looking cold. Temperatures around minus two degrees. Some high wind speeds around the coast.
25:51And into tomorrow morning, temperatures dropping to minus three. Sunny skies across the board.
25:56Winds dropping to five and eight miles per hour.
25:58And in the afternoon, temperatures rising slightly to two degrees.
26:01Much of the same weather to be expected in a cold January.
26:05And for your outlook, Wednesday brings heavy rain. Highs of four, rising to five as the rain clears.
26:11Then up to six by the end of the week. Some light rain on the horizon there.
26:24And now it's time for another break, but don't go anywhere.
26:27When we get back, we'll be speaking to Dev Biswal, the winner of not one, but two awards
26:32at the 10th Asian Food and Restaurant Awards.
26:35We'll also take another look at how, under new rules,
26:37adverts for less healthy food and drinks are now banned on television before 9pm.
26:42All that and more after the break. Thank you.
30:09Hello and welcome to Kent & I Live on Kame TV. I'm Megan Shaw and here are your top stories
30:26on Monday the 5th of January.
30:28two teens killed after a tragic crash on infamous country road near sitting
30:33barn god be careful around his back lanes you know it's got a drive to the
30:38conditions pizza ice cream and soft drinks just some of the foods to be
30:43banned from our screens before watershed in a bid to hold childhood obesity
30:47although I think the ban is a good thing it might be too little too late and more
30:53than a hundred and eighty million views we meet the tunbridge dance band who went
30:58viral for his alley-pally antics then when you keep refreshing it it's gone up
31:02like 50,000 views 50,000 views 50,000 views 60,000 views in the space of ten
31:08seconds
31:17and our top story tonight tributes have been left at the scene of a horror
31:23crash near sittingborn which claimed the lives of two teenagers the accident which
31:28happened around 8 30 p.m. on Saturday saw a car crash near a bend the remains of
31:34all the cars from previous accidents remain on the scene prompting a local
31:37counselor to say something needs to be done about the bend and Chloe Brewster is
31:41at the scene of the accident now to tell us more so Chloe you're joining us live
31:46there so can you just tell me what is it like at the scene
31:51yeah so I'm stood at the side of old ferry road now I'm just stood up from where
31:57the crash happened just because of safety reasons you know it is we're in the
32:00middle of nowhere here you know it's country roads this road is common for
32:04drivers going between sitting born and medway as you see just behind me there is a
32:08Sheppie crossing so this is obviously a popular route but one with not many
32:13streetlights and yeah not many not much signage and just up from where I will see
32:20where the crash happened there are lots of floral tributes one of our reporters
32:23went down there earlier it's clear that there's a lot of issues with this road we
32:29spoke to a local resident earlier on today John Gale who told us a little bit
32:33more about those issues well is with it slippery like this precisely I mean you
32:41can the car just goes from underneath you sometimes you can feel it I mean
32:45you've got to be careful around these back lanes you know it's you've got to
32:49drive to the conditions you know really it's a tragic situation but you know we've
32:54all done it when we was younger but the ones that are to tell the tell the ones that sort
33:01of the lucky really and Chloe you've talked us through this before but just again can
33:07you just inform us on what happened yes as I said earlier it was Saturday night and a
33:14group of teenagers who've been driving in a vehicle which left the road just on the bend
33:19here it was a blue Ford Fiesta and around half eight South East Coast Ambulance Service
33:24as well as Kent Police and Kent Fire and Rescue Service were here trying to rescue the teens now
33:30unfortunately two of those did pass away at the scene and another teenager a 16 year
33:35old girl was also in the hospital and that was later discharged they're all said to be from the
33:42local where they're all said to be from the local area and it has really shaken the people here you
33:48know this road is quite commonly known for having collisions one of our reporters said earlier that
33:53there were bits of vehicles on the bend that this crash happened that didn't belong to this weekend
33:57this weekend's collision it was other collisions so clearly this is a repeated string of incidents
34:02thank you Chloe for bringing us that story and a police dog has assisted with the recovery of drugs in
34:11Folkestone where two suspected dealers were arrested around 2 p.m. on Tuesday 30 December 2025 patrols in
34:20Hawking became suspicious of a van occupied by two men after further inquiries were completed and with
34:26assistance of police dog cloud and a handler a bag was recovered containing multiple deals of suspected
34:32cocaine ketamine and cannabis a 28 year old man from Folkestone and a 23 year old man from Ashford were
34:38arrested in connection with supplying controlled drugs now a wolf supermoon has been spotted shining
34:45above kent over the weekend with many photos being shared across social media this comes as the fourth
34:51consecutive supermoon that shone over the past four months well to figure out exactly what a wolf
34:56supermoon is and how it's come about our reporter kai way found out more 2026 has kick-started with a full moon
35:04covering the skies and lighting up much of southern England many kent residents have shared photos in orbit
35:10because it's not just any moon but a wolf supermoon that appeared over the weekend i asked experienced
35:16astronomer david reese more about what a wolf supermoon actually is and where its name came from
35:21uh there is a period and this really uh covers four months in each year uh when the moon is
35:31significantly closer to the earth than at other times now that changes in terms of where it occurs during
35:38the year because of the way in which the orbit of the of the moon around the earth uh changes naturally with time
35:46it works a bit like a spinning top and uh it thus precesses with time in terms of position
35:52it is supposed that at this time of year the world is getting very hungry running out of game to catch
35:57and eat so they do a lot of howling at night so the long nights the wolves are howling in the background
36:03causing quite a bit of chaos um at this particular year uh the full moon is actually very close or that
36:10much closer to the earth about 10 closer to the earth so it's 20 brighter than average and
36:16uh obviously a little bit bigger in the sky so it's that's why it's called the supermoon this
36:21streak of supermoons has come to an end but not before many people snap pictures of the spectacle
36:26gracing our skies this footage shared on facebook depicts the huge moon rising above some ships off
36:32the shore of sheerness in kent this photo also depicts the supermoon above the iconic landmark dover
36:37castle hopefully the next supermoons will shine just as brightly over kent too kaiwei for kmtv
36:46now it isn't often you pick up one asian food and restaurant award never mind two but dev biswal the
36:58owner chef of two canterbury restaurants has done just that biswal was named national chef of the the
37:04year as well as his tour company picking up an accolade for culinary tourism to add to his ever-growing
37:09collection of awards and he joins me now in the studio to talk about more so dev you've just won
37:16those two awards tell us how does that feel it feels great it feels great to be recognized and also
37:22it's great appreciation for my team and what do these awards represent your journey so far
37:31it's brilliant it's always a great feeling to be recognized on national level and yeah the journey goes
37:36on you know we're here to serve customers awards are just a part of the whole thing can you tell us
37:42about kind of what your restaurants at these two restaurants in canterbury is it that you're the the
37:48owner chef of yeah yes so we are the cook still in canterbury and very recently we've we've opened our
37:55latest restaurant which is called cafe marrakesh which serves home style moroccan food as we can see
38:03these are on the the screen just now are these some clips from your is that cafe marrakesh there yeah
38:07yes yes so we try to bring very regional very authentic food into kent so my cook still restaurant
38:15serves food from the east coast of india from the state of odisha where i come from marrakesh is of
38:21specialised in in non-commercial home style cooking um yeah which is very unique quite different
38:28and you mentioned that kind of odisha cuisine there so why was it important for you as an east
38:34indian regional cuisine that's still relatively unfamiliar in the uk why was it important to
38:38showcase that in in kent see we all come to this part of our journey where we try to find out who we
38:45really are so you know i've done all sorts i've done uh very you know so fine dining uh food um i've done
38:53local kent cuisine but at one point in in life you go to a point where you think you must connect
38:57back to your roots and for me uh now i cook food which i have grown up eating and that feels good
39:04and you feel genuine doing that it's a great feeling to showcase food which you've eaten as a
39:09child to your guests to your customers and i suppose with that in cafe marrakesh that is a departure for
39:16from the indian cuisine so what drew you to those north african flavors and how did working with a
39:21moroccan chef shape this new venture for you a few years ago i did a culinary tour to morocco and i was
39:28very impressed with the food and i also realized how similar the cuisines are indian and moroccan food
39:34obviously um you know dishes have a journey and this is something we don't learn in our day-to-day
39:39lives even as chefs so i fell in love with the food and i decided to bring it back to canterbury
39:46so we got a moroccan chef we worked with her for a few years we got the confidence and now we've
39:50opened our cafe and what would be your favorite dish on the menu what would you recommend
39:56uh in which restaurant in the in your cafe marrakesh i love the lamb tagine uh it's absolutely
40:03amazing and it's the highest selling dish i would definitely recommend that and looking ahead towards
40:10the year to come 2026 how do you hope these awards will impact east kent as a destination for
40:16gastro tourism you definitely put canterbury on the map there and perhaps because it cuisine
40:20you might not be expecting to find in canterbury yes i think canterbury as a as a location as a city
40:27needs more single standing independent interesting restaurants not just chains there's a lot of a lot
40:33of our cities are full of chains um and yes and and these restaurants we need to showcase
40:39unique talent and and that's how cuisine develops that's how an area develops we also do gastro tours
40:46of canterbury where we take to with tourists on a walking food tour of the city so we need we need
40:52more places like like like the moroccan cafe and you've told us about your restaurants but that isn't
40:59all you do and it's not all you've been recognized for so the cook's adventures has been recognized for
41:03culinary tourism so what makes your culinary pilgrimages different for more traditional food tours if you
41:11give us a quick rundown of that yes so it's it's looking at a new place or a new country through its
41:18cuisine and culture so food is a great way of connecting with people and i think as a as a world
41:24we'll have far less problems if we all share food so my culinary tools are do exactly that so we travel
41:30to places we look at the look at uncharted you know toes we connect with farmers we connect with
41:38markets go do cookery lessons uh they're great thank you very much and now it's time for another
41:45break we'll get back we'll be joined by phim at dermid we'll see you then
42:15friends when搬ie săagiar's our friends at dermid we'll see you then wi-fi
42:18th sulam requirements are great thanks so 2017
49:25And what would you do if you went massively viral without even meaning to.
49:40,
50:04Have you guys seen this video?
50:10I've not seen that before.
50:12Yes, I have. I think a couple years back I've seen it.
50:17Now, this video might be a bit painful to watch,
50:19but it garnered 150 million views across all platforms
50:22and has been seen by many across Kent and the country.
50:26But how does that kind of attention affect you, and what do you do with it?
50:29It's been eight years since Freddie Andrews slid his way to fame while dressed as Bobby Moore,
50:33and I decided to meet him for a bit of darts at his local in Tunbridge to find out.
50:37I posted it, I want to say, like, 15 or something, 16 hours later.
50:44And I checked it after 6 hours, you know, 20,000 views,
50:48and I was like, well, that's good.
50:5120,000 views is good for me, and I'll take that.
50:54And then when you keep refreshing it, it's gone up by 50,000 views,
50:5750,000 views, 50,000 views, 60,000 views in the space of 10 seconds.
51:03Um, nothing's really changed at the start of it.
51:07Maybe I might have got notice every now and then,
51:10come to the pub, got a free drink you like me from, and stuff like that.
51:13But nothing really dramatic has changed.
51:15I'm still me. I'm still the old one, eight years ago.
51:17Now, I'm sure many of you might be wondering what you would do
51:21if you had a video go that massively viral, hundreds of millions of views.
51:26But the issue is, if you've never had a video go that viral, you might not be sure.
51:30Some people might try and merchandise it, some people might try and make revenue off of YouTube,
51:34but for Freddie, he turned to a different idea.
51:36I'll be honest with you, I've never, sort of, done a video that's gone viral before.
51:43So, straight away, people are like, why don't you monetise it for?
51:45And I didn't expect it to go that big.
51:47If I had done, I'd have instantly monetised it to get whatever money I can get.
51:52I was thinking of bringing out some merch, a bit of a swap merch,
51:55and what this, and finding, like, avenues down it, and getting good prices,
52:01and it was just, sort of, it never, sort of, come to shape.
52:05Transport for London routinely advised people not to slide down the escalators,
52:08with the signs specifically there so people don't injure themselves.
52:12Luckily for Freddie, he said he wasn't too hurt, and was without any pain after a few days.
52:17Eight years on from the video, Freddie says he doesn't regret what he did,
52:20and that in life, you simply have to accept the past and move on.
52:23He still likes starts, but doesn't go to Ali Pali much anymore,
52:26and if he did, he probably would end up taking the stairs.
52:29Finn McDermid for KMTV in Tunbridge.
52:34And right after this, we'll be bringing you all the latest in Kent sporting news on Invicta Sports,
52:40whether it's the latest football scores, rugby news, or cricket highlights.
52:44I'm now joined by the show's producer and presenter, Finn McDermid.
52:47Tell us more about what we can expect on the show.
52:51So, Finn, what can we expect on the show tonight?
52:54Well, it's an interesting one. It's a bit football-heavy,
52:56so sorry to all the rugby and cricket fans out there,
52:59but there's been a lot of interesting news over, you know, the Christmas period
53:03and now coming into the new year.
53:05You know, it's new beginnings for a lot of people.
53:07I'm sure people are trying to do those New Year's resolutions,
53:09but the football season continues as normal.
53:13And there's an interesting part I wanted to bring up.
53:16Are you familiar with the idea of a journeyman?
53:18I'm not, no.
53:19So, a journeyman is this idea of a football player who tends to jump around from club to club,
53:25tends to be a striker, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Andy Cole, Samuel Eto'o, players like this.
53:31And there's actually a non-league and sometimes dipping into the professional journeyman who's just retired,
53:37a very impressive career, 31 years.
53:40I believe we have some images of him we can show.
53:43Like I say, 31 years of playing.
53:45There he is.
53:45His name is Jefferson Lewis.
53:47And those on the left are all the clubs he's played for, 39 different clubs,
53:51including Margate and Gravesend.
53:54A really incredible career.
53:55So, I'm going to be taking sort of a deep dive into exactly why he went to so many different clubs,
54:00how he performed and seeing if maybe there's any Kent fans out there that can remember his time.
54:05Like I say, I think he started in the late 90s and only just finished.
54:09So, a very impressive sporting career.
54:11So, we're going to be doing a deep dive on him.
54:14And you touched on football there.
54:16So, tell us about the football results at the weekend.
54:19Well, it's not just the weekend.
54:20Again, there's been loads of football results from Boxing Day onwards.
54:24Loads of festive fixtures to cover.
54:26I think the one that will stick in people's minds the most will be the Gillingham.
54:30Well, there have been a couple of Gillingham matches.
54:32There was a one-all game against Colchester United,
54:34which is made particularly memorable by the sort of scuffle at the full-time whistle,
54:39which Gareth Ironsworth has sort of tried to play down a bit,
54:42saying, oh, it's just the passion of football overspilling.
54:45Also, there was also a loss, unfortunately,
54:48a way to rival Swindon Town.
54:51Fans quite disappointed at that one.
54:53The Gills have been winless for quite a few games now,
54:56only managing to see draws,
54:57and they've now dropped to 16th in the table.
55:00There's also been some football.
55:02We had a Kent derby at the weekend
55:03between Folkestone Invicta and Chatham Town.
55:06I'll delve more into that during Invicta Sport,
55:08and we should have some pictures of that match as well,
55:11where we saw Folkestone losing their 12-game winless streak.
55:17Apologies, I meant to say this is actually Tunbridge versus Dorking.
55:21Tunbridge Angels there, that's Aitkhurst lying up for a penalty.
55:24A fortunate game for Aitkhurst.
55:26He made a big mistake in the second half
55:27that led to them losing that lead,
55:30but they did end it with a draw.
55:32So, not too bad for them.
55:35So, it seems it's going to be a jam-packed show then,
55:38following Kent tonight.
55:39So, can you also tell us,
55:41you also get quite a lot of guests on there,
55:42from your football to your more niche sports.
55:45Tell me, who have we got coming up soon?
55:47We always do.
55:48We always like to try some niche sports.
55:49I think I've done okay.
55:50You saw earlier in the show,
55:53I learned a bit about snooker,
55:54I learned a bit about darts,
55:55but it's tried, it's tested.
55:57It's what the people love.
55:58We've stuck to football again.
55:59We've got George Kingdon and Tony Berman.
56:02They both work for Dartford FC,
56:05who have been, who've set up over,
56:07I believe it was September last year,
56:09they held trials for a new girls' academy for Dartford.
56:12And we've been hearing about how it's going.
56:15They joined me on the sofa,
56:16sorry, joined me virtually, I should say,
56:18to tell me a bit about the setup for it,
56:20the trials,
56:21and what it's like running a girls' academy.
56:23It's been, it was very interesting.
56:24And what's very special about this girls' academy
56:26is that, first of all,
56:27they've gone nine,
56:28they had their first nine games,
56:30which they've won all nine of,
56:31and they also play in a higher league
56:32than their age bracket.
56:33So, we talked about all these things.
56:34A very, very interesting chat.
56:35Thank you, Finn.
56:36Definitely something not to miss there,
56:38coming up straight after Kent Tonight Live on KMTV.
56:42But for now, goodbye.
57:05Thank you, Finn.
57:35Thank you, Finn.
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